>>Mark A wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>>The TPC benchmarks between DB2 and Oracle use vastly different hardware
>>>>>architectures.
>>>>
>>>>Which, in English, translates into the fact that they are not apples
>>>>to apples comparisons and thus worthless to end users who have made
>>>>it past their early 20s and are no longer impressed by speed.
>>>>
>>>>TPC ... the benchmark for the adolescent male ... I like the sound of it.
>>>>--
>>>>Daniel A. Morgan
>>>
>>>
>>>Just like I said when I originally posted the information on the IBM
>>>website, I trust the customer base (and not Daniel Morgan) to decide for
>>>themselves whether the TPC benchmarks are in any way useful.
>>
>>Do you really think that somehow putting != between my name and
>>'customer' makes it so? Come on down to Atlanta Georgia in two weeks and
>>watch me help a very large public organization make their decision.

> > > That kind of explains it.> > My old development group sees a very big gulf between the private and> non-private entities they deal with. The private corps tend to make their> buying decisions based on what works best. Whereas the public entities are> far more political. They're prone to impose arbitrary standards that may hamper> results and increase costs.> >

>>I'll bet an 18 year old bottle of Glenmorangie TPC isn't mentioned,
>>even once, in any of the meetings.

> > > Discussion of ROI would make far too much sense in that sort of> environment.

Not mentioned at Fortune 500 corporations either far more often than
you might believe.